Windsor Fire and Rescue truck, March 15, 2019. WindsorNewsToday.ca file photo.Windsor Fire and Rescue truck, March 15, 2019. WindsorNewsToday.ca file photo.
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Windsor firefighters battle two Friday house fires

Windsor Fire and Rescue was kept busy on opposite sides of the city Friday afternoon.

Crews responded to the first fire shortly before 4 p.m. on Tourangeau Road near St. Julien Street. The fire was declared out about an hour later.

There were no injuries reported but two people were displaced. The fire was declared an accident, and confined to the chimney area with a damage estimate of $70,000.

https://twitter.com/WindsorFire1/status/1357833816732282881

Soon after the first fire was reported, another one broke out at a home on Campbell Avenue off Wyandotte Street West.

That fire was soon brought under control, but Windsor Fire reported that a dog had died and one man was treated for smoke inhalation.

https://twitter.com/WindsorFire1/status/1357835365042814978

The cause and damage estimate for the latter fire is undetermined. An investigator from the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office is set to be on scene Saturday.

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